The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-24 00:00:00

ONEY •MARKET AND ' 'OI I IIAftIICIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There has been less activity in the general dis count market to-day, but prices have nevertheless been frilly maintained. The demand for accomoda. tico has not fallen off because the commercial classes require less monetary aid, but in come. quence of parties holding over their bills in expec tation of easier rates prevailing. The quotation for the best description of mercantile paper remains at 6 per cent. The weekly balance sheet published last evening by the Bank of England presents less unfavourable a lterations than were expected. The reserves of gold and notes hive been augmented, and the amount of other securities and Government balances have been largely increased. Subjoined 6.re the Particulars : Active Circulation £20,172,730 Increase 44,880 Bullion .. .. .. 14,319,051 Increase 06 66 6O 66 14,856 Rest .. .. 3,303,455 Increase 66 60 60 06 15,297 Public Deposits 9,287,594 Increase .. .. .. 41. 775,253 Other Deposits.. .. 13,051,661 • Increase .. .. 261,300 Seven Day and other Bills .. 452,477 Decrease .. 06 1.0 00 17,230 Government Securities .. 11,122,267 No alteration. 20,729,589 .. 1,064,661 .. 8,107,655 31,670 Other Securities Increase .. _ _ Notes Unemployed .. Increase .. .. The Bank of France return for the week ending Wednesday last presents few favourable alterations. The bullion has been lessened as much as £310,000, the Treasury balances augmented by £920,000, and the discounts by £420,000. At the forthcoming meeting of the Honduras Bay Company a dividend of 13s. per share, and at that of the Landon and Brighton Bank of 21s. per share, will be recommended. Gold to the amount of £lB,OOO was withdrawn from the Bank yesterday for exportation. • The arrivals of specie announced this morning comprise £68,212 by the Yorkshire, £15,016 by the Pride of the Ocean, both from Melbourne, and £632 by the Barada, from Alexandria. The directors of the Anglo-Brazilian Gold Com. Puny, in their report to be presented at the next meeting of the shareholders, state that possession of their mining property was taken on the 11th December last, and that the produce from February to April consisted of 315 octave.. Two O'CLOCK. At the Puris Bourse this morning, according to Reuter's telegrams, the Three per Cent. Rentea Were quoted 65f. 65c. There has been a decline to-day of i i t• per cent. in the English Funds, owing to the continued dissatis faction felt at the position of political affairs at home and abroad. There is but little business, and the sales it includes denotes the unfavourable views Maintained by speculators. Consols for money are 89 1., and for the account 894 2. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 881 I; March Exchequer Rills Bs. to 3s. dis., and Jane. ditto ss. die. ; and India 5 per Cents. 104 i P g . A further downward movement has taken place in the Foreign Market, and business is quiet Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 70a ; do., Consolidee, 47 i; Mexican 421 43 ; Greek, 224 23; Spanish Passive, 28-I; 4 ; Portuguese 482 g ; Russian, 86f, 4 ; Italian, 69 ; and the Confederate Loan, 63 64. In the Railway Share Market the operations have been on the most limited scale, and the few bar gains recorded show further depression. Great Western, North Western, Midland, and South Eastern have each declined about ss. For Bank and Mife)llaneous Shares there con tinues to be a very limited inquiry, and quota tions generally are a shade flatter. Imperial OLtoman had receded to 17k; London, Hamburgh, and Continental Exchange, to 171; Alliance, how ever, have improved to 61 62; London Financial realise 261 ; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 79 80 ; Chamounix United Hotel Company's shares are quthed 13 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do Account, July 8 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent. BBi t New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891 Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1573 Aunuales, 30 yrs, expire otti J an., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June. 5 die Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent. Do £5OO ................ Do £lOO and £ 2OO ........ 8 3 dis Sank England Stk, 51 per Ct. .......... Do Account ........................ IND' 9,N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874.... Do Account .................. -- Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 .......... 1041 1 it Do Account... Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 ........ Do Certificates Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent ....... Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ........... Do 51 per Cent. ' May, 1879 Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 D.; .tuntlei ,i.:PA) Do under £l,OOO dis FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Do 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent — _ Do 41 per Cent., 1852- 58-60 Do 1863 . .. Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent 110 Account . ......... Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.).. .141i an 6 per Cent. Do 3 pet Cent. Colombian 6 per Cent ..... — Cuba, 6 per Cent. .......... Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 .......... — Nuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian 7 per Cent lio, Second Issue - Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Do Account Do Coupons __Do Accoun t .... ............. .._ , Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do, 1839 and 1859 ....... - Itatiun 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway 76 Mexican 3 per Cent Do Account 421 3 21. Do Scrip £23 paid .. 1 ins . Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f %oc.. — dis Do 6 per G'en . Anglo-French .. du; Ditto Scrip, £23 . paid.... — Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent 12 New Granada Do 2 'per Cent — Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 41 per Gent Co 3 per Cent. (Crribarren) .. — Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account — Portuguese 3 per Cent., 185 - 3 Do Account ..................... .. Do 3 per Cent., 1850, 7,9, 60, 62,'3.. 481 1 Do Account Do 1863 Scrip, £4O paid Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St ....... Ditto 4:1- per Cent., 1850 Ditto 3'per Cent 1859 ............. Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 ........ 861 1 Ditto Anglo-Dutch Ditto Scrip, £3O paid 3l pm Sat-Tinian 5 per Cent . oitto Account B3 Spanishl3 per Cent Ditto Account : 521 Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Massive .......... Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not fund ed .. Ditto Account Swedish, 4 per Cent Ditto Scrip, £5O paid........ Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account .. 701 70 I Ditto £lOO Bonds.. Ditto 1863 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 224 i)itto 6 per Cent., 1662 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent, 1864 Ditto If per Cent Dividends on the above payable in Lund u Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. -- Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f Ditto Account Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1851, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. Piciniontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f TWO O'CLOCX, Consols Money Ditto Account SHARE MARKETS—Ths day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuf.i:-.` ;hare Railways. Paid. Closing k rice. I done. Bir., Wol., and Str. Vai. Biythe and Tyne. Kost.,Sleal.,andMid.t.3o Bristol and Exeter Caledonian 'Cora and Bandon leornwall Si Si Si 84 €6 118 119 61 7 IDo A A gets no div no. B till 6p e.p an. has I been paid to B. Dublin A; Belizist•Junc. Dtin.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. . I, Ainburgh & Glasgow. i.ilv,sg. and S. Western. l iGreatEastern, Ord. stk 1 Ditto A stock 35 37 16 17 fl) 9: 103 105 46 '7 Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Ireland Great Western ...... • • Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.ot S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lou. & North Western Lon. & So , ,th Western] Man., Shet, & Lincoln.' Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares Metropolitan Midland Do New . _ _ tii 7i 131 132 143 144 128 ►l2 VO 65a 66 113 1131 68 67 101 104 40 42 111 k 1121, 97 98 56 57 112& 1 131 I3li 1312 Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kest Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee,' Nth. Eastern—Berwie« Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Juuotion Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stool, !Do Scot. Mid. stock.. Shrews. and Welohpooi 'Shropshire Union .... South Devon ..... South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok., an dWok Stockton it Darlington Do Do New, 1884 Taff Vale.. Do n Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford A; Kilkeuny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Hard at West Midland -thcford Do Newport Do Hereford BRITISH POSSE dallways St. Lawrence isorn.,Baroda , t.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New Do. E. Shares Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. Preteronce ti ulfalo,Brant,4lzGodrich p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 187•.! Do. do. July 1, 187:-. u,. do. June 1, l' Glcutta.s.S.Eastn. ( leape'rown &; Dock Scrt Hastn. Bengal go. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. a. Do. do. (3- Ext..... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada : Do. Ist Prof. Bonds.. Do. 00. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... —.- Do. 3d P; ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... Ot.lndisPenin.g - us.sp.e Do. New gus. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1862 Gt. South.of India (Lim uaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77-8.. Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. 0. .. Do. 11 p. 0. Extension Dc. _ d 0........ Do. itifth Extension. Melb.Corp. o p. o. Bnds Melb. ,Sk Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Mortg. Bds. Newßruns.wtokx Cande ClassA and B. po Ist pt bde Sande Do. Delhi.. Do. do CO Do. Punjaub L ". 3 Do. Do. !Do. Endus.St. Flo.) 10?, lf 4 53 65 243 `es3 103 104 60 61 92 c 3 125 128 14 24 p 76 78 10/ 11% 128 130 36 38 64 66 33 85 90i 91 104 108 8 9 36i 37i 94 10 c 7. 8 6 ‘r 165 170 6 7 3 4 p 107 110 34 37 ,SSIONS. Closing Prioe. 59 61 103 W Parke' Di 6 8. 9 77 82 77 8! 77 82 101 iu3 98 100 106 108 IC4 1054 1 2P I`7 20 21 72 74 64 64 66 68 55 57 50 5! 43 t 5 28 30 26 29 Ic4i 105! pr #v 103 104 10 104 101 10a 90 92 82 84 d 41 , 102 k 1031 97 99 9e, 94 56 58 3 82 84 j 103} 104ij 102§ 103& pr ip lt4 06 08 3.14. 9.15. t 12.10 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITI E' p.c.Ja ‘,Jul} 1 is77_ut .1 1, 102 104 - Do. 6p, c. Feb. & ic4 c 6 104 - Do. 6p. c.3tar. & Sept. 106 103 .( 5 - Do. 6p. o. Jan.&July. 10t 93 05 - Do. 5 Inscribed stock 106 92 04 - Cape G.Hope, 6p c,1873 10( 104 106 Do.Ap Oct.& 1880 100 107 109 Do. 1801. 101 It 9 111 - - ,Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 110 112 - Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 10t 111 113 - (Mauritius 6 per cent lOO I')7 109 - Natal Gov. 6 per cent 100 107 109 N.8.G0v.15 p.c. . Ju ) 106 102 104 i)o. 6p. e.Ap. & Oct. 10( - N. S.W. G ov. 5 p x.,18. 10,. 996 1006 - Du. sp. c.,lBrs tol_.l. 100 994 1005 - Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 994 1004 - New Zealand 6 p cent. 10 0 10) 111 • INova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. - I sterling, 1875 lO5 107 - Queensland Gcv. 6p. C lOO 108 110 S. Aus G6p.e.1678.& up loc 109 111 Vlo.Gov. 6p.c. Ja.cliJuly 101. - , Do. to 4n.0. An.dzOot. lOO 109 110 1095 I BRITISH MINES. 2 'Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 id ultilord Amalgamated - 31 36 - Devon G. Con.. (Tavist ) i 560 670 - East Bassett (Illogan) lO 64 66 - East Clognu Gold Ltd. - - - East Caradon ...... '1.14.6 29 30 - East Carn Brea... 3.4.0 71 84 - E. W'l Kassel (Tavistk.) 8.13. 1 ., 32 45 44 Gam.&St.AubyntGwen 7 9 - Great South Tolgus l7e 25 - G. Wheal Vor (Holston 40 33 34 - Grenville 6.16. 84 84 • - Herc-d's-Foot B.l_ 38 40 fiingston Downs 4.18.0 35 3- - Lady Bertha - Margaret (tiny Lelant II 16 Ilarke Valley.. 4 11yridy Iron Oro (Lim , 2A 14 le, - New Setun l9l 70 80 -• North Downs 24 15 2 N. WWI Basset(lllo4an 3.1.0 14 2 - North Wheal Crotty .. 2.6.9 44 42 - I'i.r Consols (st. Blaze) - 20 (Tovidence(Uny Lelnt., 10 O.; 40 42 - 'South Caradon(St.Cleer 450 1170 - 5. Carn Brea (Illogan).. - - eal Fran. (Iliovau 18.18.9 50 55 -- :Stray Park 30.17.6 29 31 - I eamar Sliv.& Lead Min - Cron 9 174 184 I- West Basset (Illogan)., l6 95 104 - I W CJ radon (Liskeard) 5 16 18 - 'West Seton - Weal Basset (Mogan) 54 90 p 5 - !Wheal Bulier(itedruth) 10 27 29 - Wheal Kitty (tiLelant) 2.0.6 - WhealLudcott - Wheal Mary Ann I s :Jen ) 8 14 16 - Acton 685 2225 2276 - 'Wheal Trelawney (Lis )i 7 19 2 1 - i ‘Vheal Union 3.17 16 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. i, 107 Great Western Orig. 4i per cent pf., 98 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTAL& Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 por cent., 113 London and Chatham, 46 per Cent., - 49 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9} Great Luxembourg, 10i FOR,EIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lim.. 101 United Mexican (11g, 5} DOCKS. St. Katharine, 74 BANKS. &gra and United Service (llM.). if 0 1 1 &Mance (mi., 01 2 Anglo Austrian, 61 Bank of Egypt, 28 3 / 4 Bank of tago, 11m., 31 Bank of Victoria, Australia, 39 Brazil( in and Portuguese, Um.. 13 British and Californian, Bra, Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and" China. 3) Chartered ~ I.er. of India, London. and China, 68L9 Commercial Bank of India and the East, Ditto, issued at 10 pm., 9 , st i r l a i llan Chartered. 21i CRenngsloislhid,astceod, cßha,naku. and i u . European Bank, lim., 131 Hindustan, k liina, and Japan 331 4 Imperial Bank of India, china, and Japan, lira., Imperial Ottoman, London 11 .nk of bi ext o and . S. America, lira., L an d Mortgage Bank lB.Of Indi s a, 5 London Bank of Scotland, lira., 18i London and Brazilian atm). Yi 7 9 London, Bu e nos Ayres, and Ri ver Plate, 53 Loudon and County. 04i London. Hamburg, C on t. Exchange, li m ., Mercantile and Ex change. Bin., i Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, hin., 23 Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi, lim,, 131 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, lim. Ceylon Company, 21 Credit Mubid r, Crystal Palace, 314 East India Irrigation and Canal 6 5i Fore-street Warehouse, lim., Gen. Credit and Finan,!e or Loudon, Um,, Gene:al Steam Navigation, 27 Hudson's Bay, 181 Imperi .1 and Mercantile Credit A sso lim 7.1 International Financial ,ociety, ' • International sand Credit. bra., 3; Joint Stock Discount, lim., 71 / - London Financial Association, lim., 28} Ditto, new, 14} National Discount Company, him., Hi New Zealand Trust and Loan, 2:1 Oriental Inland Steam, 3 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 70 80 79 Ditto, new, 47i Rio de Janeiro City Improvements. Um.. Ditto (4), 41 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), 1im..7671 ALEXANDER DUMAS —At the dinner cf the gem de lettres de l'avenii, Alexander Dumas was recently a s k e d Why he did not Wing his seg. 1 - 12 replied, "Ho is too 1111 112} ;13034 1102} 100 all all all all 100 100 100 34 5 Butiinede dun 80 101 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 1864. TIE YELVERTON MARRIAGE CASE, HOUSE OF LORDS-THIS DAY. YELVERTON V. YELVERTON (OTHERWISE LONGWORTIL: Lords present :—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and Lords Chelmsford, Kingsdown, and Wensleydale. The arguments in this case were resumed by The Lord Advocate, who continued his address from Tuesday last, and after some general remarks upon the correspondence between the parties, said the whole case resolved itself into three stages, the first of which were that both parties were substantially betrothed. There could be no doubt that there was a mutual understanding between them as to their sen timents being congenial. In the second stage there had been an honourable courtship with the object of marriage, but that towards the close of the period when the promise was to be carried out, difficulties were suggested by Major Yelverton entirely bearing upon money matters and his proposing a secret marriage, which proposal was resisted by the lady. The third stage was to overcome the scruples of the lady to a secret marriage. There was a promise and consent of marriage in Scotland, the consent and intercourse taking place in Edinburgh, and the ipromise of marriage being carried out by the ceremony in Ireland. From these facts _the; legal result ..was, first, that there was a promise and subsequent intercourse in Scotland, and, secondly, not only a promise in Scotland and marriage applicable to the period, as shown by the evidence and sub sequent acknowledgment, and ultimately carried out by the Irish marriage, which was a valid marriage. The two first questions were sufficient to show that there had been a com plete promise and marriage. This was not the place to diseuss what had been the policy which led to the matri monial law of Scotland; it was sufficient to observe that it did agree. The general matrimonial law of Europe was drawn from the civil law, and after wards sub stantially framed and modelled by the canon law, and founded on the general maxim that consent made marriage. How consent was to be proved was a question upon which Christian nations had differed ; some had departed more widely than others from the general, civil, and canon law, and he did not think that any country had differed more widely than England. Lord Brougham said he did not thick that England had departed more widely from the canon and civil law than France; by the French law the consent of the parents or guardians was necessary. _ _ The Lord Advocate continued—There was no doubt the Law of Marriage was defined under the Code Napoleon, buc in all cases the principle of the law was that there must be a mutual promise. The learned Lord Advocate then cited the dictum of Lord Stair, as reported in various cases, which constituted a promise and marriage in Scotland. There was, in the opinion of every Scotch lawyer, as to whether after the de.th of one of the parties the issteurn matrimonium could set up the promise of marriage, but there was no question that during the existence of the par ties the marriage was indissoluble, and that no subsequent marriage—whether regular or irregular—would alter that position. Here there was a clear promise of marriage at Gibraltar, and subsequent promise at Edinburgh, and ac knowledged in writing. The acknowledgment was not necessary if there was a promise. Lord Brougham—Do you mean to say if there was a promise before two witnesses there was no necessity for an acknowledgment in writing. The Lord Advocate—Yes, here the first promise at Galata was broken off but renewed in Scotland. Lord Kingsdown said he did not see that there was anything in the Record , as to the interruption of the promise. _ _ The Lord Advocate—lt was alleged that the promise had been broken off and then renewed. Ho then proceeded at great length to go through the evidence and correspondence to show that all through the correspondence Major Yelver ton had expressed himself in the way that showed more clearly that he had made the promise in Edinburgh, and done all that he had promised by the marriage in Ireland. The learned Lord Advocate concluded his arguments by stating that it was not competent in the Scotch courts for the parties to be examined viva voce, but it was competent for that house to do so, and, on the part of Mrs Yelverton, she was ready to undergo the ordeal. The Lord Chancellor said he was sure he exprmed the feelings of their lordships in saying they were much in debted to the Lord Advocate for his speech, and asked Mr Holt how long it would take him to reply ? Mr Rolt said he could not say. Lord Brougham—l suppose you could do so in a day ? Mr Rolt said he would endeavour to do so. Their Lordships then consulted a short time in private at the conclusion. The Lord Chancellor said he was called away elsewhere, there was business before the judges on Monday next, and they could not find a day when to hear Mr Rolt, but he would take care he had two days' notice, The house then adjourned. Mrs Yelverton and her lady friends sat as usual in the reporters' gallery. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (114 fore Chief Justice Erie and a Special Jury.) BRLMRIDGE V. LATIMER-LIBEL. This was an action brought by Mr Bremridge against Mr Latimer, the w.:11-known newspaper proprietor in Exeter, for libel. The proceedings arose cut of a series of articles published in defendant's newspaper antecedent to and during the election, at which Mr Bremridge repre sented the Conservative interest, and Mr Lloyd the Liberal. The proceedings terminated in the return of Mr Bremridge, but he was afterwards unseated by the report of the commit tee appointed by the House of Commons to try the merits of a petition against the return. Mr Bremridge complained that the articles reflected upon his private character, and were altogether beyond the bounds allowed for criticism of the actions of public men. The details have already been published, as the facts were repeated when the matter was before the court while sitting in banco. The examination of Mr Bremridge occupied the whole of the early part of the day. COURT OF DI VORCE. (Before Sir J, P, Wilde.) PERCIVALL V. PERCIVALL. This was a suit instituted by the wife for a dissolution of marriage, on the ground of her husband's adultery and desertion. Dr. Deane, Q.C., and Mr. Searle were for the petitioner, and there was no defence to the suit. Several witnesses were examined, from whose evidence it appeared that the parties, who were in a respectable station of life, were married on the 11th February, 1847, and there was one child, issue of the marriage, which is still living. The adultery alleged was committed with an un married female named Worth, in 1858, and subsequently with a married woman named Clarke. The respondent denied the adultery with Clarke, but took no notice of the charge relative to Worth, by whom he had a child, and who stated that he seduced her by promising to marry her, she not being aware that he was already married. In 1859 the respondent was imprisoned for debt in the Queen's Bench, and since then he had been in considerable d:fil culties, whirl made if, impossible to serve him for some time with a citation in the cause. Long before the year just mentioned th e respon d ent cease d to co h abit with his wife, who, however, saw him occasionally, and supplied him with different sums of money. The case stood over for the production of additional evi• donee. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fano.) IN RE COLLYER. This bankrupt was described as of Oakley-street, Lam beth, tool manufacturer, and now came up for his order of discharge. Mr J. B. Sorrell, Mark lane, supported; Mr Brough oppooed. Mr Sorrell said that the bankrupt had passed his exami tation, and he could not conceive any ground of opposition to his having his order of discharge. He came before the court on the 20th of February last, and had filed a good cash: and deficiency account as required and reported on by Mr Gardiner, who had been appointed by the Court to assist him. The total indebtedness amounted to i7OO, and a vory large amount had been realised. Mr Brough said that the bankrupt passed his examina tion on the faith that he would give the residences of cer tain debtors. Mr Sorrell said that would be impossible, they were men working under contractors and moved from place to place, but bankrupt had offered to go with the assignee to the masters and endeavour to trace the men. His Honour asked what had actually been received for the estate ? Mr Brough said £l2O, but the official assignee said there hal been other money's received, Mr Brough still pressed for an adjournment, Mr:Sorrell submitted that it would be a great hardship on the bankrupt and the creditors to fritter away a small estate by these frequent adjournments, which could not lead to a beneficial result. The creditors were so satisfied with the bankrupt that Messrs. Cocks, Robarts, and Co., who were creditors for £72, offered to stock his shop, and other creditors were equally friendly. His Honour said ho should grant the order of discharge on the bankrupt undertaking to 'give all the informatio n i n his power to the assignees, IN RE ROSSITOR AND LUZARNI. These bankrupts were merchants in Moo Tate, City, and Sydney. The debts are stated at £77,000; assets, X 3,000. A dividend has been paid in Sydney of 3s in the pound, and the same is payable to creditors who have sent out powers of attorney. A further dividend of 2s Cd is expected. An adjournment was taken for further communication from Sydney, GENTLEMAN BITTEN RY AN ADDER.—Yesterday a party of friends left the district of Bethnal.green for Riddiesdown, in Surrey, and while a number of female s were sitting in the meadow they were alarmed by the ap pearance of a large adder. Mr. Wellington, of Club•row, seized the animal with his hand, and in a moment ho felt he was bitten. The limb became painful and swollen, and when he reached town he proceeded to the London Hospital, where, it i 3 enectvd, the arm will have to be ansputqAtd, POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Days MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A MATERIAL DIFFERENCE OF OIINION.—CRUELTY TO A HORSE.—William Brown, carman. of John-street, Old Kent-road, attended before Mr Knox, charged by the Royal Society for the Prevention cf Cruelty to Animals with torturing a horse, by working it in an unfit state. The horse was seen by one of the officers of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals attached to a van, of which the defendant was the driver. It had a large sore on its back, was old, lame, and in a condition totally unfit for work. Mr Cherry, the Government veterinary surgeon, who had examined the horse at the request of Mr Knox, deposed that the horse was old, had broksn knees, and bore marks of having been severely whipped. It was not fit for any kind of work. The defendant admitted that he had only given £3 5a for the horse. The defendant said the horse till lately could go ten miles an hour and draw a ton. It was a genuine horse, and only wanted a little rest and care to improve it. Mr Knox asked the defendant whether he would have the horse killed, and he declined to do so, upon which Mr Knox fined him 10s, and lOs costs, or 14 days' imprison ment in default, at the same time telling the defendant that the officers of the society would keep a sharp look out, and if he was charged with working the horse again he would be liable to a fine of £5 each time. CAUTION TO LICENSED VICTUALLERS—PEEMITTING DRLNKENNESS, &o.—Mr Millman, cf the Coach and Horses, Silver-street, appeared before Mr Knox to answer the complaint of the police of permitting drunk and disor derly conduct in his house. Sergeant Stephens, 11 C, deposed that on Sunday even ing the l2th inst. be was informed by Bonham, 148 0, that some drunken men had been fighting in front of defendant's house, and that the fight being over, they had gone into the house. He entered, and one of the men said—" What the do you want here," and another said—" Here's the police coming in." There were about 25 persons in front of the bar, all of them drinking, and several drunk. On h e treated the matter very I s i p g e h a t k l i y n . g to the defendant, The defendant said he told the sergeant he would get rid of the men at once; but the sergeant saint that was not tine, and that the house was one much frequented by tailors. In answer to the ebarge the defendant said he had kept better order in the house than had ever been kept before in it. Mr Knox fined the defendant 20s. and costs, at the same time telling him that the next time the fine would be .£5, and ultimately £5O, which would be attended with loss of the license. The fine was paid. THAMES. SCANDALOUS RODBERY or A. CHILD.—Mary Robinson, an elderly woman, was brought before Mr Partridge under the following strange circumstances. Catherine Neale, the wife of Joseph Neale, of No. 13, William-street, St. George-in-the-East, said the prisoner was a tailoress and had been at work for her. On Saturday last she went with her husband into the country, and left her child Catherine in charge of the prisoner. On her re turn to London she found the child missing, and immedi ately proceeded to the station house of the K division in King David-lane, and found her child there. Her gold ear rings were missing. The child was wearing them on Sa turday when she left home with her husband. The ear rings were worth 52. Martha Haslett, of No. 3, Richard's -court, St. George•in the-East, saw the prisoner with the child in Bow Cemetery on Saturday afternoon last. The child was crying, and the prisoner was taking the earrings from its ears. The prisoner put the earrings in her pocket, and went to Wood's pawn shop in Rateliff highway and pawned them. The earrings were produced by the pawnbroker and identified. The prisoner, who is a very dissipated woman, got drunk with the money she raised on the earrings, and was intoxicated yesterday when arrested and conveyed to the station house. The child from whom the earrings were stolen was seven yeat s old. She was not examined on oath. Mr Partridge committed the prisoner for trial. MARKETS—This Day, MARK-LANE. The supply of English wheat on sale here to-day was small, and the trade for all qualities ruled firm, at fully Monday's advance in the currency. The import of foreign wheat this week has increased, but the show of samples here to-day was very moderate. For all descriptions the trade ruled firm at very full prices. Floating cargoes of grain moved off steadily, and the quotations ruled firm. Barley—the supply of which was very moderate—changed hauds at fully late rates. Malt said sold steadily, at full currencies. Oats—the supply of which was moderate—ruled firm, at quite previous rates. Beans and peas wero in steady request, and Monday's currency was well supported. For flour the trade was steady, and prices ruled firm. Wbeat. Barley. alalt. Oatu. Float 1,820 2,ri90 3.650 f 1510 1ri5h......... 1,1 , 0 4,570 22,530 Do al ski, 2,63) brim. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale at these markets is but mo derato. For good and prime qualities there is a steady demand at full prices; otherwise, the trade is dull. Per Sib. by the carcase. s d ad inferior beef .. 2 10 3 0 diddling do. .. 3 2 3 6 Erime largo do. 3 8 4 0 Do. small do. .. 4 2 4 4 Large pork .... 3 4 4 0 Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 10 tided Middlingmutton 4 0 4 4 Prime do .. 4 6 4 8 Vea1........... 3 10 4 8 Small pork .... 4 2 4 6 Lamb BOROUGH HOP. The supply both of English aid foreign hops on sale is very moderate. Good and fine parcels are in moderate re quest for immediate consumption at full prices, otherwise the trade is quiet on former terms. Accounts from than plantations state that the bine is making Blow progress, but they represent it as healthy and strong. ---- . , •..a COLONIAL. TEA..—Business has been very inactive, and the few deal ings entered into have been at about previous rates. g way, particularly SUGAR.—The market h as remained d u ll, an d prices have, in some instanc es , slightly given for superior descriptio ns . G ood grocery qualit i es, h owever , have sustained former p r i ces. In the ref i ne d mar k e t th e dealings have been r es t r i cted to house requirement, and quotations have not v ar i e d to any important extent, COITEE.—T he demand f or colonial descript i ons h as b een moderate, and in some instances rather JAver rates have been accepted by holders. IticE.—A fair amount of busi nes s has been done and full rates are current for good and firm qualities. TALLOW,—The market has s h own more animation and quo t a tions exhibit an upward tendency, P . Y.C. on the spot is quoted 41s, and the l ast three months 43 5 , 43 s Cd per cent. TELE DUKE DE MO NTPENsIER.—We hear that intelligence was received in London yesterday from Wood norton, the seat of the Luke d'Aumale, to the effect that his royal highness's brother, who had been seriously ill for s ome d ays, was cons id era bl y better. the Duke de Montpensier, THE CONFESSIoNAt e ss...M r. agree a bl y surpr i se d o n Mon day by one of the rg b Roman , Grieve, 28, Clerkstreet, et Catholic priests of Broughton street calling at his shop and handin— stre, one i nb uvsa s handin g over to him the sum of £2O 3s 6d, which was abstracted from hie shop upwards of seven years ago by a young 1 4 ..—Scotsman , FATAL ACCIDNT ON T E IvEß.—Yesterday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, a man named George Baker, a bargeman , f ell from a b a rge, and in spite ~, of the exertions made to save him W as drowned. SUICIDE OF AN INDIAN OFFIC ER .—Loot evening Dr. Lancaster held an in quiry at the Silver Cup Tavern, Cromer-street, Gray's-inn-read, cE respecting the suicide of Captain Frederick Lloyd, aged 33 years, late of the Bengal service. Mr. S ki nner, 4, Mecklenburg-street , said that deceased had live ] in his house f or the last three months. On Tuesday l ast witn ess saw him with a pair of p i stols which he sa id he was going t o C l ean. Th e w itness went out, and on his return found that the deceased was dead. He had sometimes s aid t hat ho wished he was dead , as he had nothing to do. Ho was in very comfortable circumstances. The witness was not aware that he was about to be married. He used to go to the Haymarket to see Miss C. Hill perform, but the witness believed that he had no correspondence with her, and that he had never seen her off the stage. Israel Reed, 20 G, said .that at 3 o'clock last Tu es d a y he was called by Mrs. Skinner, and told that a gentleman had shot himself. The witness went upstairs end found deceased shot in the stomach, and lying on the bed in his shirt and drawers. The witness asked him - what made him do such a thing, and he said, "It is that blesssd girl, Miss Hill, that has made me do it." The witness found a discharged pistol lying on a photograph of Miss C. Hill, representing h e r as Apollo, in the play of "Venu s a nd Ad onis," Mr. Rober t Ma y er, of Haddo, said that the deceased was a captain of a rtiller y . He served in India, and assisted in the suppr ession of the mutiny. Ho received a coup -de. soleil, an d had to retire on a pension. He was in comfortable circumstances. Mr. Duff, surgeon, said that ho was called in to the deceased, and found him suf f ering great agony Irene a pistol-shot in the pit of the stomach. He at first refused to take brandy as a restorative. He was quite sensible, and said, "I have shot myself." He died in a quarter of an hour, He was nearly naked. Mr Skinner said that it was quite customary with the deceased to undress and go to bed in the middle of the day. Ho did so when in India, as it was the custom of Indians. Witness did not attach par• titular importanco to the affair of Miss Hill. There were no letter e. Deceased had also a photograph of Miss Bate man. The jury returned a verdict of 'Suicide while in state of unsound mind; IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—Last Evening s ROYAL ASSENT. The Royal Assent was given by Commission to the fol lowing bills : Under Secretary Indemnity—Registration of Voters (Ireland)—Local Government Supplemental—Naval Agency and Distribution—Naval Prize Acts Repeal— Chain Cables and Anchors—Common Law Procedure (Ire land) Act, 1863, Amendment—lnsane Persons Act Amend ment•—Court of Justiciary (Scotland)--Pontypridd Water --Bradford Gas—Clifden and Hampden Bridge—Stroud Gas—Swansea Harbour Trust—Wellington (Salop) Market—Andover and Chilton Pond Road—Thorn set Road—Deal and Walmer Gas—Drogheda Water —Ashton - ruder • Lyne and Staleybridge Water— Llynvi Valley and Agmore Valley Railway Chich9sterHarbourEstablishment—North Easternßailway (York and Doncaster Branch)—Pucklechurch Roads— Greenwich and South Eastern Docks—Heden and Poi tar lington Road—Morpeth Turnpike Trust —London Necro polis and National Mausoleum Company—Hartford Gas— North Eastern, Lanea,hire and Yorkshire, and West York shire Railway Companies—Cowes and Newport Railway— Brough Ferry Road—Caledonian Railway (Brideshoim Branch)—Holborn Valley Improvement—Bedford and Cambridge Road—Stirling Water—Salop Fire Office— Trent, Ancholm, and Grimsby Railway West minster Palace Hotel—North Eastern Railway (ad ditional powers)—Scarborough Valley Bridge—Rock Life Assurance—Belfast and Northern Counties Rail way Chesterfield and Hernaton Road Christ church and Midhuret ltailway (No. 3)—Moira and G ressleyßoad—N, Western Railway—Eastern andWesto n Junction Railway—South Yorkshire Railway and River Dan Co.—Liverpool Improvement—Liverpool Sanatory— Workington Harbour—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire Railway—Tendring Hundreds Railway—Edinburgh and Glasgow and Alloa Rail—Ulverston Gas—Wrexham Water—Ely, Haddenham, and Sutton Railway—London and South Western (Chertsey Extension)—Salisbury and Yeovil Railway—South Staffordshire Water—West Nor folk Junction Railway—West Riding and Grimsby Road— Scottish North Eastern and Myth Railway Company— Scottish and North Eastern, and Perth and Almond Val ley, and Melhaven Railways—North British Railway (Abbey Holm and Segate Branch)—Kent Coast Railway— Crystal Palace and South London J unct ion Railway—Great Eastern Railway (Highbeach Branch)—London, Chatham, and Dover Railway (No. 3)—Oswestry, Ellesmere, and Whitchurch Railway--South Eastern Railway (No. 1) — South Eastern Bailway (No. 2)—Witney Railway—North Eritish Railway (Perth Branch)—North Cheshire Water Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North Shields Roads Mytholm Royal Bridge and Blackstone Edge Road— Denham Valley Railway—Dundee, Wicklow, and Wexford Railway—Lancashire Local Board of Health—North and South 'Westera Junction Railway—Nottingham Gas— Okehampton Railway—Scottish North Eastern and Scot tish Central Railway Company—Stockton and Middles borogh Water—Liverpool and London Fire and Life In surace Company—Ribblesdale Railway—Downs Docks— Lymington Harbour—Whitehaven Water—Newcastle under-Lyne Canal and North Staffordshire Railway Com panies—Wallasey Embankment—Shrewsbury Bridges— East Norfolk Railway—London Brighton and South Coast Railway—and Passengers Assurance Company. The Royal Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyle, and Lord 'Wensleydale. Their lordships adjourned during pleasure. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE DANO-GERMAN QUESTION. Earl RUSSELL said that a few evenings ago he had stated that in a few days either preliminaries for peace would be arranged between Germany and Denmark, or war would be recommenced. Ile was sorry to say that the latter alternative was likely to be the result, and that hos tilities would probably be resumed on Sunday. On Mon day next he proposed to lay on the table the protocol of the Conference, and in so doing to state the general course of the negotiations. BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION. Lord BROUGHAM laid upon the table a bill to prevent bribery and corruption in returning members to the House of Commons. The bill was read a first time. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time :—London, Chatham, and Dover Railway—Mid Wales Railway— North Devon and Somerset Railway—mad Mistley Thorp aad Walton Railway. The following bills were read a third tine and passel : Holywell Itailway—West Shropshire Mineral—Sevenoaks, Maidstone, and Tunbridge Railway—Weston-super-Mare Pier—London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway—Bod min Railway, Solway Junction Railway—and Edinburgh and Leith Sewerage. FACILITIES FOR DIVINE SERVICE IN COL LEGIATE SCHOOLS BILL. The Bishop of OXFORD moved the second reading of this bill. The whole of the clergy who had expressed an opinion upon it seemed highly to approve of its provisions, and thought it would aid in the education of the people. _ . . The Earl of SHAFTESB URY entirely disapproved of the provisions of the bill, and moved that it be read that day three months. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said the bill only legalised existing practices. Lord PORTMAN thought if the bill did act upon any other than chartered schools there could be no objection to it. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought there was some danger in the bill, and therefore he should be compelled to vote against the second reading if it was pressed to a divi sion. The Bishop of LONDON advised the postponement of the bill. The Bishop of OXFORD expressed surprise at the opposition raised to the measure, which he attributed to unworthy suspicions and prejudices. As it was, the schools of the Church of England were placed at a disad vantage compared with those of every other denomination. Ultimately, the amendment was withdrawn, and the second reading of the bill was agreed to. The Beerhouses (Ireland) Bill was also read a second time. The Banking Copartnership Bill and the Vacating of Seats (House of Commons) Bill passed through committee. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.---Last Evening. The SPEAKER rook the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Pneumatic Despatch Company—Tralee Canal—Gloucester and Ledbury Railway—Worcester, Dean Forest, and Monmouth Railway. ROYAL ASSENT. Sir AUGUSTUS CLIFFORD, Usher of the Black Rod, ap peared at the bar and summoned hon..members to the other house, to hear the Royal Assent given by Commission to several bills, for which see Lords' report. THE CROWDED THOROUGHFARES AT THE WEST•END. Sir J. SHELLED' gave notice that on Monday next he would ask whether adequate arrangements had been ;trade by the Metropolitan Board of Works for relieving the pubiiC.t.horoughfares from the pressure of traffic at Park lane. ENGINEER OFFICERS EMPLOYED AT SOUTH .ENSINGTON. In reply to Lord J. IVLZ NNES' The Marquis of HARTINZ4TON said the duties of the officers and men of the Engineer co7ns employed at South Kensington was not of a regimental c_karacter, and was entirely limited to the local duties. RIFLE PRACTICE AT CROYDON: - Sir S. NORTHCOTE asked the Under Secrete.); of State for IV ar whether his attention had been called to the situation of the butt which has been erected for rifle practice near the New Croydon railway, between the Streatham common and the Thornton-heath stations, and whether the War-office is satisfied thafthe range can be used without danger to the public ? The Marquis of HARTINGTON said that the arrange ments were under the control of an experienced officer, and that he had made a very satisfactory report on the subject. THE ROYAL FORESTS. Mr COX asked the Secretary to the Treasury, whether any steps had been taken to carry into effect the recommendation of the select committee on Royal Forests (Essex), presented on the 9th day of June, 1863, which recommendation was as follows :—" Your committee report that a considerable extent of ground has been en closed without any consideration being paid for the forestal right of the Crown over them, which do not appear to have been either purchased or redeemed; and your com mittee recommend that immediate steps be taken by the Crown to assert its right, and to abate such inclosures. Mr F. PEEL explained that the rights of the Crown in reference to this subject were of no pecuniary value, and it had been advised by the law officers of the Crown to dis pose of them. THE KEARSAGE AND THE ALABAMA. Sir J. HAI' asked the Secretory to the Admiralty whether the attention of her Majesty's Government had been drawn to the report of an action which took place last Sunday between the United States frigate Kearsage, and the Confederate ship Alabama ; and whether they had con sidered the report of the Commander-in-Chief at Devonport on the preparation for battle of her Majesty's ship Research. Whether, as the last-named report shows that this class of ship cannot fight her guns with advantage, and the first-named report shows that she will easily be destroyed in action, her Majesty's Government will continue to build ships which cannot be expected either to fight or swim. And further to ask, as the advantage of guns of large calibre has been so clearly shown in the above named action, whether her Majesty's Government will at once obtain a proper supply of large rifled guns for the service of the navy ? Lord C. PAGET said that what the hon. member men tioned in the first part of his question had nothing whatever to do with the Leeench, and the other matte's wtae PaerelY of detail. The commanding officer of the Resea n'3ll, who was a young and intelligent man, had informed hbn that ho was satisfied as to her fighting qualities. The Alabailta was a wooden ship originally, but the Research was a n iron plated vessel. THE CONFERENCE. MINISTERIAL E: LPLA NATION. Mr DISRAELI said—l feel called upon to ask fiom the noble lord the First Minister of the Crown an explavation in respect to the rumours as to the Conference, and I wish to know if the noble lord has any communication to make with regard to the proceedings of the Conference the pre vious day. Lord PALMERSTON—This question was a very natu • ral one, and of a nature that required an explicit answer, and all the information which her Majesty's Government could communicate. The Conference met yesterday ii..fter the levee, and adjourned until Saturday next, when I un derstand it will meet early, and it will be proposed that this shall be the last meeting of the mem bers. It will be my duty to lay all the papers in connection with the Conference on the table of the house on Monday—(hear, hear)—and both myself and my noble colleague, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs; in the other house, shall feel it our duty also to accompany the production of these documents with statements in reference to the transactions connected with the proceedings of the Conference. (Hear, hear.) Mr HUNT wished to know if the Conference were to meet for business, or merely as a formal matter to break up their sittings. Lord PALMERSTON—I have already stated that the Conference will meet on Saturday next for the last time, but I cannot say what they will do on that occasion. Mr. DISRAELI—I hope the papers will be in the hands of hon. members on Tuesday next. Lord PALMERSTON said that he trusted such would be the case. [AEFEAR.INCE or THE HOT:SE,—The importance at taching to this subject had the effect of crowding the house from an early hour, and almost every available space was filled.] WEIGHING OF GRAIN (PORT OF LONDON) BILL. On the order for the second reading of this bill, Mr AYItTON moved that, inasmuch as the bill seeks to enlarge and alter the powers of the corporation of the City of London to levy a rate or duty, and to alter existing rates and duties, on grain and seeds imported into the port of London for the use and benefit of the Corporation, this house was of opinion that the bill ought not to be proceeded with until the stand ing orders relating to private bills be duly complied with. Colonel W. PATTEN asked the Speaker to decide whether the bill ought to proceed as a public or private one. The SPEAKER said there were many precedents for treating it as a public bill, but he thought it ought to be referred to a select committee. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER agreed with the right hon. gentleman, and said the Government were determined to treat the bill on its merits only. Mr Alderman ROSE defended the corporation from the charges of Mr Ayrton. After some debate, Mr AYILTON withdrew his amend ment and the bill was read a second time with a view to its being referred to a select committee. CONVENTS IN IRELAND. The adjourned debate on Sir H. Cairns' motion, taking objection to certain assistance afforded under the rules of the Board of National Education in Ireland to convent and monastic schools, was resumed by the O'CoNicoß DoN, who spoke at some length against the motion. Mr BLACK said there could be no doubt that the funda mental principle of the national system in Ireland had been violated by the rules of the commissioners, whom ho would now recommend to retrace their steps. Mr HENNESSY contended that, in the fats of the op position which the system had encountered in Ireland, it was impossible that it could ever be successful, and moved, as an amendment, to omit the words relating to convent and monastic schools from the resolution, in order to make it general in its terms. Mr BLAKE having seconded the amendment, Sir R. PEEL expressed a strong opinion in favour of the national system of education as administered by the com missioners, and observed that if ever he had called anything connected with it in question it had been solely from a de sire to maintain the institution in its integrity upon the basis on which it was originally established—namely, the social regeneration of the people. It had encountered diffi culties of no common order, but it had surmounted them all, If, however, the mixed system were to be substituted by sectarian grants, a blow would be struck at the very root of the system, for it would be contrary to the very idea that had animated its founders. With regard to convent schools they were a part of the national system, with which they bad been connected since the year 1835 ; they had worked well, and had 40,000 children attending them. On the whole, he argued that the system of national education had acted in harmony with the wants, wishes, and feelings of the people of Ireland. Mr G. HARDY said that the children who were edu cated in convent schools were, in fact, under a denomina tional system, for their teaching was entirely denominational and sectarian, and it was these schools that had been de stroying the district model schools. He was surprised that the Chief Secretary had held out no hope of a remedy being proposed to meet the evils that were complained of, and recommended the institution of an inquiry into the whole system by means of a royal commission. The debate was continued by Mr Maguire, who supported the amendment; Mr Butt, who opposed both resolution and amendment; and Mr Lefroy, who supported the origi- nal motion, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER argued that the history of the national system of education in Ireland was that a a series of modifications, the object of which was to conciliate, support, and make the system as universally acceptable as possible, and he denied that any exceptional favour had been shown to convent schools. The same favour had been offered to other schools, and accepted by the Presbyterians; and if it had been re fused by the Episcopalians, they had themselves only to blame. Sir 11. CAIRNS having replied, After some observations from the ATTORNEY-GENERAL for lEELAND and Mr WHITESIDE, Mr HENNESSY said he would not press his amend ment if the hon. and learned gentleman would withdraw his resolution. (Hear, hear.) Sir G. GREY said the Government would vote against the amendment, and then the division would be taken upon the original resolution. The house divided — For Mr Hennessy's amendment Against Majority —lO4 The house then divided on the original resolution, but before the tellers handed in the numbers, An Hos, MEMBER called attention to the fact that Sir G. Bowyer had given his vote for the Ayes and then voted for the Noes. The SPEAKER then called the hon. baronet to the table and asked him whether the fact was as just stated. Sir G. BO WYER said that when the question was put from the chair he had said "No," but if terwards, in order to insure a division, he had thought it necessary to contra dict the Speaker. (Laughter and cheers.) The SPEAKER said that under the circumstances the hon. baronet having challenged the decision of the Speaker, and said that the Ayes had it, his vote must be recorded with the Ayes. (Laughter.) The tellers then reported the numbers thus -59 Ayes 01 Noes Majority The resolution was therefore rejected. The Accidents Compensation Act Amendment Bill wag read a third time and passed. Mr BARING obtained leave to introduce a bill to authorise the enclosure of certain lands, in pursuance of the report of the enclosure commissioners. Mr M. GIBSON obtained leave to introduce a bill to amend the Harwich Harbour Act (1863). The other orders were disposed of, and the house ad journed at 10 minutes past 2 o'clock. Bank of England Return,—Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, c ap. 32, for the week end* on Wednesday, the 22d day o f Juno, 1864 : IRSTre DEPARTMENT. 40te5 10811 Cd .......a25,280,335 Government Debt £11,015,1C0 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 13,030,335 Silver Bullion .... £28,250,385 1 X 28,280,355 BANKING D. 1?1 oprietors' Capi tal £14.553,000 Rest Public Deposita (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis naissioners of Na tional Debt, and EPARTMENT. Government Secu rities (including Dead WeightAn- nuity) - £11,122,267 Other_Securities 20,729,5:,9 Notes Gold and Silver 6E8,676 COln Dividend Ac counts) 9.2t7,591 Other Deposits— 13,051,651 Seven Day and other Bills 452,477 X10,61:3.157 M. I £40.643.187 RSIIALL, Chief Ca h ter June 23, IE6I. - THE REPRESENTATION OF EAST SUSSEX.—Viii• count Pevensey, M.P., the Conservative member for the eastern division of Sussex, has just issued an address to his constituents, announcing. his intention to retire from the represf ntation of the county upon the dissolution of the Present Parliament. The reasons assigned for his lord. , ship's retirement are the heavy expenses attending a con tested election in Sussex, and also the precarious state of his health. A POLICEMAN IN A P IMPIT.—The pulpit of King ston Wesleyan Chapel, Hull, was on Sunday occupied by Mr Burroughs, a member of the Hull police force. The service was to have been conducted by the Rev, Mr Grif fiths, but from some cause he co u l d not attend ; M r Bur quently requested to take the pulpit. The was able, was listened to by a large con rdoi sucgolui s r se was w c h e i n e s h e gregativa, The Arn.ericl in Blockade, NASSAU, May 12—Arri , red, the steamer Badger, from Liverpool via St. Th cons (and coaled 25th for St. John, New Brunswick ) ; 16th, the steamers Will o' the Wisp, from Will:aington, North Carolina (coaled 26th for St. John, i i-ew Brunswick, and re turned June 4 from Wilmi rgton, North Carolina); • the G. M'Caw, from Liv( 3rpool via Bermuda (and coaled 26th for St. John ~ New Brunswick) ; the Rothesay Castle, from C . aarlesten via Abaco; 23d, the Fox, from Liverpool (and coaled June 4 for St. John, New Brunswick,).. Coaied—May 9, the steamer Ccquette, for John, New Brunswick; Mil, the Lucy end G Waiting; 27ih, the steamer Rose, for St. Jc iltn, New Brunswick; 28th, the Lucy, do. ; June 3, the steamers Annie and Syren, for St. John, Now Brunswick ; 4th, the steamers Alice and Giciu et te, ditto. Übe ste. , : Lucy and Copiette, b0r,.0 reported ab ove as h am rs having coaled twice, no doubt .arrived from Witmingten, North Carolina, but are nor, mentioned). BERMUDA—Arrived, the, steamer Pevensey frum Wilmington. MOBILE, Sane 6—This morning the steamer airegan, in attempting to run the blockade, was captured. She had an assorted cargo, WILMINGTON, June 3—Un June 2, at half -pa s t 3 a.m., the United States steamer Victoria, Capt. Alfred Everson, chased ashore under the guns of Fort Caswell the blockade runner Georgiana 111`Caw. She was boarded by boats from the Victoria, under command of Master's Mate "Wm. Moody and Second Assistant Engineer T. Hinelino, who secured her captain and 29 of the crew and three passengers : 14 escaped to the shore. Among those captured is a bearer of despatches from Paris and London to itichmond. On searching their baggage very im• portant and interesting documents were found from parties across the water, clearly proving the treachery of certain persons in New York and _Bal timore. The Georgians 111‘Caw was from Nassau, bound for Wilmington, partially laden with pro visions, 8::c. The Victoria's men set fire to her in several places, and at daylight Fort Caswell and batteries opened a heavy fire on their boats with shot and shell, which compelled them to retire without completing her destruction. BOSTON, June 10—The schooner Nancy Mills reports that a British steamer left St. George, Ber muda, on the night of the 4th inst. for Wilmington, North Carolina. She was commanded by Captain Maffit, late of the Florida, and her mate was the man who shot the engineer of the Chesapeake. She had five heavy guns on freight. TEE ALABAMA. The brilliant career of the Alabama is over. Pirate or not, she lies fathoms deep in the strip of ocean which divides France from England. Never again shall she terrify the merchantmen of the Northern States. But her gallant captain lives, and of the brave men whom he led the greater part are left ; and it will be strange, indeed, if we do not hear more of Semmes upon the sea. Captain Semmes knew his fate beforehand. He gave to an English friend at Cherbourg papers and other articles of importance, not easy to be saved in hurriedly taking to the boats. The Alabama was pretty well worn out by long and active cruises in all waters. To refit her, as the usage of English dockyards teaches, would have been scarcely if at all less costly than to build another craft. For some inexplicable reason, the repair of a ship —at any rate in the Admiralty establishments—is un. reasonably expensive : sharp critics might suggest that it offers an opportunity especially favourab'e to the waste of public money—which is nobody's money in particular, so that it is unnecessary to be conscientious about it. Cap'atin Semmes, who found that his ship could not long continue her victorious career—and who may possibly have known (though we don't say so) that a ship would in good time be found for a Semmes—deemed it as wise as it was certainly brave to end the Alabama'scareer in fierce contest with an overwhelming force. So he came out of Cherbourg ready to fight, and struck the first blow right manfully ; ay, and fought on till his last shot was fired from a ship already sinking. Sunday is very often desecrated by men of diploa macy and men of war. A calm Sunday morning in June saw the great fight between the Alabama and the Kearsage. The battle lasted from an hour to an hour and a quarter. By good hap an English yachtsman was close by to record his impressions of the affair, and to pick up drowning men —one more instance of the well-known fact that English. men are to be encountered in places the most una expected. The fighting was all at long distances ; there was no attempt at the hand-to-hand business which English captains loved in the days before iron ships and guns of long range; and the greater speed and better artillery of the Northern vessel made the combat throughout unequal. How it ended we all know, though no accurate estimate has yet been formed of the heavy injuries which the Alabama must have inflicted on the Kearsage. All we know is that the latter never came to close quarters, and that Captain Semmes and the chief part of his crew took to the boats wiihout being interrupted. There will be jubilation in the North when news arrives that Semmes's flag floats no longer. Im. partial observers see no reason for such rejoicing. As on land, so on sea, the gallantry, the daring, of the weaker party—strengthened by the belief that right is on t:,eir side—suffice to keep their arrogant in'aders at bay. We suspect that the Federais have not heard the last ot Captain Semnas. At any not only has he, as he. de s i gne d , avoided the expensive refitment of a wor n - out ship, but also done a great amount of damage to the new vessel of the enemy. Yankees, who admire clever ellen lations, will have to admit that he acted with a prompt sagacity, amounting to smartness, which in the gamut of TrEmsatlamic eulogy stands several notes higuer than mere heroism. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, LONDON, June 24.—Wind this day at noon—South- West; moderato breczo and fine weather, but cloudy at intervals. FALMOUTH, June 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Minnie, from Trinidad de Cuba, SlLcomilE, June 22. Wind S.W.—Arrived—Ciocochie, from Nassau. PLYMOIITH, June 23.—Wind W,—Sailed—Mauritius, steamer, for Madras. CARDIFF, June 23.—Wind for Havannah. PORTSMOUTH, June 23,—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Tier Majesty's ship Supply, from Corfu. (ay MAGNETIC TELEGRITII.) GRAVESEN D, Friday Morni ng . Arrived, June 23—Hamburg, from Quebec—Hound, from Prince Edward's Island—Scotia, from New York—Urania, from Quebec. Arrived, June 24 —Classina Ardavia, from Smyrna—. Sarah, from Caen—Otto Olof, from Foport—Flor u , fl out Hobend—Christiane Mar ia, from 1 histad. Sailed—Tartar, steamer, for Lisbon—Rhine, steamer, for Robert stea mer, for Ghent—Sir l -, Boulogne—Flecba,eui from Madras, for London ; llont(zuc: a. steamer, for Dunkirk —Hanover, steamer, for C alait. , —C or : coera, steamer, for Ale xandria. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed— folefttraro 'mOporto for London; B onnie Bel l e ' London; Pncursa, from Lond on , for Otago; Cassandra , from London for Sierra Leone ; Na ' uti- Ells, from London for Liverpool; Princess Loyal, Lcm Vancouver's Island, for London. LONDON SCOTTISH RIFLE VOLUNTEERS.-C°l - C. 8., Inspector-General cf Volunteers, will in• spect this regiment to-morrow afternoon at six o'clock iu Regents-park. The corps will march from Welliogtoa Barracks at half-past five, under the commaud of Lunt.- Colonel Lord Eleho. During the lea few days there has been rather lees animation in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. Sugars have barely sustained former prices, while the transactions i n Tea hav e been unimportant. Coffee has been in some ins tances rather cheaper, but a good demand ha s prevaied for rice at full rates. In the tal:ow iziatket there hao been more activity, and quotations for both present and forward delivery show an upward move , . meet. MADRID, June 22.—M. B the Argentine Republic, aicare, the Minister of yesterday exchanged the ratifications of this treaty of recogniiion, p_q.c.F, and amity which was Ogued last year with the Spani.4h Government. Shan , r 20 20 .0, 00 ,Lock 4teck stock 100 100 too WO 100 tOO 100 100 4took stook lOC too 10 stook itook stock itock stoLk 8t OCR:, B , ook Paid, al) 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 (106 ' 100 at lof 105 q 4i